Clothes wringer



Feb. 21, 1939. F RY MOKROHAJSKY 2,147,853

CLOTHES WRINGER Filedpcn 51, 195s 2 sheets-sheet 1 INVENT OR.

i ATTORNEY.

F, R. MOKROH'AJSKY Feb. 21, 1939.

' CLOTHES WRING-ER Filed oct. 51, i935 2 sheets-sneu 2 III INVENTOR. FizEDfz/:K RMUKROHAJSKK ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 21, 1939 PATENT oi-Flc-E cLornEs wamcnn Frederick R. Mokrohajsky, Binghamton, N. Y., assignor, of one-half to Martin J. Eckert, Binghamton, N. Y.

Application October 31, 1936, Serial No. 108,624

3 Claims.

My invention relatesv 'to improvements in clothes wringers and has for its principal object the provision `of a belt feeding means for the clothes to and from the squeegee rollers whereby 5 `the clothes are transported from a` point well away from such rollers to the same and thence away from the ,rollers without the -necessity of bringing the hands for lingers into close proximity to the rollers. This provides a safety factor l for clothes wringers which ,materially .reduces the danger and likelihood of pinched fingers and mangled hands.

Another object of my invention lies in the pro- 25 forming a part of this application, and wherein like reference-.characters indicate like parts.

In the drawings: l Figure 1 is a front view of a wringer embodying my invention. n *.30 Figure 2 is abottom plan view of the wringer. Figure 3 is a top plan -view of the wringer, a portion of one of the cover plates being broken away for clearness of illustration. n

Figure 4 is a detail cross sectional viewtaken 5 on the line 4-4 of Figure 1., Although Ihave shown my invention as" applied to one particular type and construction of wringer, 'it will be understood that the same is not to be limited to this particular form but isV 0 of wide application onvwringersof various cony structions. l

The' reference character I indicates generally a' clothes wringer provided with a top protecting cover 2 and adjusting means 3 therefor. The 5 squeegee rollers 4 are suitably supported in the sides of the' Wringer frameand may be provided with any suitable-or desired type of driving means either for hand or motor operation.

'Ihe underside of the wringer is provided with vision of a novel and efli'cient arrangement for had to the gures of the accompanying drawings,

guide and direct the water from the rollers to the outer free edge of the plate from which it runs off into the tub or other receptacle provided therefor. I

On the underside of the drain plate Q and ad- 5 jacent each free edge thereof there is provided a flanged roller 8 supported in suitable bearings 9 secured to the plate i as by screws IVI. Thefree edges of the plate 6 are notched or cut away as at I I (see Figures 2 and 3) such cutaway por- 10 tions exposing the rollers 8 from the upper side of the drainage plate 6.

The upper side of the drain plate i is provided with a channel shaped flange l2 extending around the cutout portions Il which flange serves to direct the water running down the plate around the ends of the rollers 8 and protects such rollers p from the water running down off the plate.

The rollers Il are in alignment witheach otherand with the approximate center of the squeegee rollers 4. The length of the guide rollers 8 is substantially less than the length of the squeegee rollers 4 and extending around such guide rollers 8 and between the Asqueegee rollers 4 is an endless carrier belt I3. The width of this belt is Vsubvstantially the same as the length of the guide rollers 8 between the flanges thereof and the belt is formed of any suitable material for frictionally engaging and carrying up to the squeegee rollers l on one side, the clothes placed on such belt by the user, and carrying such clothes away from the rollers 4 on the opposite side. The belt serves to feed the clothes into and through the wringen'. rollers 4 and away from the same.

'I'he bottom squeegee roller I is provided at the 35 point where the belt I3 passes thereover with a groove I4 of a depth of approximately half the thickness of the belt, whereby the belt is guided around the roller and also permitting the rollers to be adjustably pressed together for 40 wringing the clothes without material interference from the belt.

Referring to Figure 2 it will be noted that there is mounted as at I5 upon the plate 5 a bracket I6 upon which is pivotally mounted a tension roller I'I engaging the belt I3 and forced into resilient 4contact therewith by means of the leaf spring I8 pressing against a bar I5 carried by the miler arm. This keeps the belt constantly under tension.`

Suitably mounted upon the frame of the wringer larev'the cover or guiding plates .2l provided with side and front flanges 2l to enclose .the drain plate 6. The inner free edges of the guiding plates 20 extend upwardly on a slope to a point immediately adjacent the lower wringer roller 4, terminating at a point slightly below the line of engagement of the two wringer rollers.

. 'I'he free inner edges of these guiding plates 20 are cut out centrally as at 22 and the edges of the cutout portion are turned or rolled inwardly to provide smooth even edges around the same.

The angle of the belt I 3 from the guide rollers 8 upwardly to the wringer rollers 4 is such as to bring the belt I3 outside of the cover plates 2li in a position to overlie the free edges of such plates. 'I'his provides a strip of belt extending from the inner edge of the cutout' portions 22 of the cover plates up to the wringer rollers 4 in' an accessible feeding position where clothes can be placed thereon at a point well away from the wringer rollers and carried by such belt to the wringer rollers while passing. therebetween, and thence away from the rollers onto the cover plate on the opposite side-well away irom'the rollers.

Obviously water which is squeezed from the clothing by the wringer rollers drops downwardly between the rollers and the cover plates 20 onto the drainage pan 6 where it is guided down- .wardly and outwardly to the free edge thereof around the channel anges I2 and away from the guide rollers I and belt I3. Thus the belt is kept free ofthe water from the clothes except means for receiving and guiding clothes to and from the rollers oi a wringer withoutbringing the fingers or hands into close proximity therewith as well as means for protecting the belt and guide rollers against saturation by water during the wringing operation.

Of course, changes may be made in details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. I do not limit myself, therefore, to the exact form herein shown and described, other than by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A wringer comprising a frame, squeegee rollers therein, an endless belt disposed to pass between said rollersA substantially centrally thereof for feeding clothes to raid rollers, and a guiding plate, a part of said belt overlying a portion of said cover plate adjacent said rollers.

2. A wringer comprising a frame, squeegee rollers therein, an endless belt disposed to pass between said rollers substantially centrally thereof for feeding clothes to said rollers, and a guiding plate, portion of said belt overlying a portion of said guiding plate adjacent said rollers@ said guiding plate having a cutout portion adjacent said rollers through and over which a portion of said belt passes to said rollers.

3. A wringer comprising a frame, squgee rollers therein, a'n endless belt disposed to pass between said rollers substantiaily centrally thereof for feeding clothes to and from said rollers, guiding plates adjacent said rollers and sloping away from the same, a portion of said belt overlying a portion of said guiding platesv adjacent said t rollers.

FREDERICK R. HOKROHAJBKY. 

